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Contents  on 2 February '10

• IAU Minor Planet Center
  • NEOCP Activity -- one listing: 1 new
  • New MPECs -- two MPECs
• Observers -- seven observing facilities
• Impact Risk Monitoring -- nothing to report
• Chronology

Resources:

• Consolidated Risk Tables - the CRT page
• Earth's Busy Neighborhood Traffic Report
• Ephemerides for risk-rated and nearby objects
• News image catalog
• Old & new CRT Archive
• Old News Archive & Small Objects Archive

The latest A/CC news is available via framed access,  RSS news feed, or redirection. - Note: A/CC has a main Web site and also a backup site with its own duplicate RSS news feed.

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NEOCP Activity  on 2 February '10

The MPC's NEO Confirmation Page has 1 listing: 1 new

When last checked at 2359 UTC today, the Minor Planet Center's Near Earth Object discovery Confirmation Page (NEOCP) had one new listing.

To learn how observers use the NEOCP, see the Practical guide on how to observe NEOCP object at Suno Observatory by Birtwhistle et al.

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New MPECs  on 2 February '10

Minor Planet Electronic Circulars

As of last check at 2359 UTC, there have been two MPECs posted today from the International Astronomical Union's Minor Planet Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

• MPEC 2010-C03 time-stamped "07:13 UT" - Daily Orbit Update - see below
• MPEC 2010-C04 time-stamped "18:35 UT" - 2004 YK1

MPEC 2010-C04 - "18:35 UT" - 2004 YK1

• K04Y01K   2004 YK1 (H=21.3 ~186m) from David Tholen's team on Mauna Kea (Jan. 18.31p2 at R=23.1-4 & 19.23p2 at R=23.1-2)

<< DOU on 2 Feb. '10 >>  MPEC 2010-C03 - "07:13 UT" - Daily Orbit Update

• Observations of recently (no longer) risk-listed objects
• K10B02L   2010 BL2 (i=60.2°, arc=12 days, H=16.2 ~1.95 km) from Astronomical Research Obs. Westfield (ARO Westfield) (Jan. 31.05-06p3)
• K10B00B   2010 BB (arc=17 days, H=19.9 ~355m) from Great Shefford Obs. (Feb. 1.81-84p2)
• Observations of small asteroids (H>22.0)
• K10B04Z   2010 BZ4 (Q=4.383 AU, arc=6 days, H=22.5 ~107m) from ARO Westfield (Jan. 31.36-37p3)
• K10A30J   2010 AJ30 (arc=22 days, H=22.6 ~102m) from ARO Westfield (Feb. 1.10-11p3)
• Observations of almost-small asteroids (21.7<H<=22.0)
• K10B02K   2010 BK2 (arc=13 days, H=21.9 ~141m) from ARO Westfield (Feb. 1.12p3)
• Observations of other objects
• K10B03T   2010 BT3 (Q=4.073 AU, arc=8 days, H=21.5 ~170m) from Moletai Obs. (Jan. 23.90-97p22)
• K10B02H   2010 BH2 (arc=14 days, H=19.4 ~446m) from Tenagra II Obs. (Feb. 1.19p3)
• K09X08J   2009 XJ8 (arc=48 days, H=20.9 ~224m) from ARO Westfield (Feb. 1.01-04p3 at V=22.4-7)
• K09X02C   2009 XC2 (Q=4.189 AU, arc=51 days, H=17.0 ~1.35 km) from ARO Westfield (Jan. 31.45-46p4)
• K09W25W   2009 WW25 (arc=137 days, H=20.7 ~245m) from ARO Westfield (Feb. 1.17p3)
• K09W06O   2009 WO6 (Q=4.882 AU, arc=104 days, H=17.3 ~1.17 km) from ARO Westfield (Jan. 31.07p1)
• K09U03N   2009 UN3 (i=37.4°, arc=106 days, H=17.7 ~977m) from Tanti Obs. (Feb. 2.12-13p3)
• K09S01X   2009 SX1 (arc=2 opp, H=18.8 ~589m) from ARO Westfield (Jan. 31.46-47p3)
• K09M06X   2009 MX6 (arc=222 days, H=19.2 ~490m) from ARO Westfield (Feb. 1.06-08p3 at V=21.8-22.2)
• K09J01L   2009 JL1 (arc=2 opp, H=21.0 ~214m) from ARO Westfield (Feb. 1.03-06p3 at V=21.9-22.1)
• K08J00G   2008 JG (arc=3 opp, H=20.9 ~224m) from ARO Westfield (Jan. 31.42-43p2)
• K08C01N   2008 CN1 (arc=2 opp, H=20.6 ~257m) from Tenagra II Obs. (Feb. 1.08-09p3)
• K07U03R   2007 UR3 (arc=3 opp, H=21.2 ~195m) from ARO Westfield (Feb. 1.21-23p3)
• K05M00C   2005 MC (Q=4.167 AU, arc=3 opp, H=16.7 ~1.55 km) from ARO Westfield (Feb. 1.25-27p5)
• K03C11H   2003 CH11 (i=36.4°, arc=2 opp, H=19.4 ~446m) from ARO Westfield (Feb. 1.16p5) and Madonna di Dossobuono Obs. (Feb. 1.88-89p3)
• K03C01R   2003 CR1 (arc=3 opp, H=19.9 ~355m) from ARO Westfield (Jan. 31.37-38p4)
• K02C26F   2002 CF26 (arc=6 opp, H=17.1 ~1.29 km) from ARO Westfield (Jan. 31.38p2)
• K01QE2H   2001 QH142 (arc=5 opp, H=18.3 ~741m) from ARO Westfield (Feb. 1.14-15p5)
• K00D08H   2000 DH8 (i=37.6°, arc=6 opp, H=18.5 ~676m) from ARO Westfield (Jan. 31.38-40p3)
• J99R32C   1999 RC32 (arc=4 opp, H=18.4 ~708m) from ARO Westfield (Jan. 31.47p3)
• J98O01K   1998 OK1 (arc=2 opp, H=19.4 ~446m) from ARO Westfield (Jan. 31.48-49p3)
• J94C00B   1994 CB (arc=3 opp, H=21.0 ~214m) from ARO Westfield (Feb. 1.23-24p3) and Madonna di Dossobuono Obs. (Feb. 1.90p3)

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Observers  on 2 February '10

Seven observing facilities appear in today's MPECs.

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Impact Risk Monitoring  on 2 February '10

At last check (NEODyS and JPL at 2359 UTC) there was no risk monitoring news to report yet today. Visit the CRT to view activity in the last four weeks and our ephemerides page for a complete list of risk-rated objects under current observation or having recent news.

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Chronology  on 2 February '10

Times are UTC for when items were noted or added by The Tracking News.